Mountain West closes investigation into allegations against San Jose State trans player without discipline

The Mountain West Conference says it conducted an probe into conspiracy allegations by players connected San Jose State and Colorado State's volleyball teams and closed it without taking disciplinary action. 

In a missive addressed to San Jose State diversion manager Jeff Konya and Colorado State diversion manager John Weber, obtained by Fox News Digital, Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez says the league did not find capable grounds of claims successful a caller Title IX complaint. 

The ailment alleged San Jose State transgender subordinate Blaire Fleming conspired with a Colorado State subordinate to power the result of a lucifer and to deed Fleming's teammate, Brooke Slusser, successful the look with a shot during that match. 

The missive did not code allegations successful a caller lawsuit, nor did it code the conception determination was a conspiracy to person Slusser deed successful the face. The missive refers to each the allegations listed successful the ailment arsenic "manipulation of the competition."

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Colorado State University Police down the San Jose State University Spartans' seat show Moby Arena during an NCAA Mountain West women’s volleyball crippled betwixt the Spartans and the Colorado State Rams successful Fort Collins, Colo., Oct. 3, 2024. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

"The ailment included allegations volleyball players from Colorado State University (CSU) and San José State University (SJSU) conspired to prosecute successful manipulation of the contention during a SJSU vs. CSU volleyball lucifer played October 2, 2024, successful Fort Collins, Colorado. Upon receipt of this information, the Mountain West Conference office, successful coordination with some subordinate institutions, instantly initiated a thorough probe into these superior assertions," the missive said. 

Nevarez says the conference's probe included interviews with caput coaches and student-athletes initiated by some institutions. However, the missive does not specifically authorities which individuals had been interviewed. Fox News Digital has reached retired to the league for clarity connected that database of individuals but has not received a response. 

The league besides claims its probe included a reappraisal of the lucifer video by some caput coaches, reappraisal of the lucifer video and statistical investigation by aggregate third-party volleyball experts engaged by the league and aggregate interviews conducted by a third-party researcher engaged by the league successful consultation with the Mountain West’s ineligible counsel.

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The league claims immoderate grounds to backmost the claims was insufficient. However, the missive does not explicitly authorities that the allegations are false. 

"Upon reappraisal and valuation of the extended accusation gathered during the investigation, determination is insufficient grounds to corroborate the allegations of misconduct related to the SJSU vs. CSU volleyball contention played October 2, 2024. As a result, the Conference bureau has determined nary disciplinary enactment is warranted and considers this substance closed," it said. 

The archetypal Tile IX ailment was filed by suspended San Jose State adjunct caput manager Melissa Batie-Smoose Oct. 29. Batie-Smoose was suspended soon aft the ailment was filed, to the dismay of Slusser and different players connected the team. 

Brooke Slusser is simply a inferior astatine San Jose State University who plays volleyball and has joined a suit against the NCAA. (San Jose State athletics)

Batie-Smoose, Slusser and different existent and erstwhile players connected the squad and crossed the Mountain West filed a suit against the league and San Jose State that provided further discourse connected the allegations. 

San Jose State volleyball subordinate Chandler Manusky is cited successful the suit recounting an incidental successful aboriginal October, erstwhile she and different teammates, including the trans athlete, violated squad rules by sneaking retired of a squad edifice the nighttime earlier a lucifer against Colorado State. Manusky claimed to person past learned astir an alleged program by subordinate Blaire Fleming to guarantee San Jose State would suffer the lucifer and acceptable up Colorado State subordinate Malaya Jones to spike Slusser successful the look during a lucifer Oct. 3. 

"Manusky said that astatine Jones’ residence Fleming had shared with Jones the scouting for the CSU-FC crippled and they had discussed Fleming ‘throw[ing] the game’ and however they would acceptable up Jones to ‘blow up’ Slusser and ‘blast’ her successful the look during the game," tribunal documents said. 

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"Manusky besides said that Fleming stated, ‘I’m going to permission halfway tribunal open,’ which would let Malaya Jones to person a wide-open changeable to effort to ‘blow up Slusser,’ i.e., to effort to deed Brooke Slusser successful the look with the ball."

The documents allege Manusky confronted caput manager Todd Kress and Batie-Smoose astir the incident. Manusky claims she was crying arsenic she begged them not to archer Fleming she had travel guardant with the story. 

"Kress told Batie-Smoose helium did not judge Manusky and thought she had made up the full communicative truthful she would not get successful occupation for leaving the squad hotel," the documents said. 

Slusser antecedently told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation she was made alert of Fleming's alleged program and believes she has been treated unfairly by the university, arguing the assemblage has not done capable to analyse the matter. 

Colorado State University Police down the San Jose State University Spartans' seat show Moby Arena during an NCAA Mountain West women’s volleyball crippled betwixt the Spartans and the Colorado State Rams successful Fort Collins, Colo., Oct. 3, 2024. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

"If this was me, and I was the 1 threatening to bash this to my teammate who's caused truthful overmuch commotion, determination would person been enactment taken immediately," Slusser said. "I was decidedly precise angry, and I was gladsome astatine archetypal to cognize that it was already made alert to the coaching unit and compliance and everyone, but I don't cognize if that made maine consciousness immoderate differently. I was conscionable aggravated due to the fact that I didn't deliberation idiosyncratic would spell to these lengths.

"Threatening to privation to wounded 1 of your ain teammates, I conscionable consciousness similar there's truthful galore things successful that full speech that would marque a schoolhouse privation to get it dealt with." 

San Jose State bushed Colorado State Saturday In the archetypal lucifer since the suit was filed. Fleming had the game-winning service and was swarmed by the different Spartan players successful celebration, including Slusser and Manusky. 

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